The trophy is easy to see. The work that earned it isn’t. When you watch a championship game played in brutal conditions, the lesson is obvious. The teams that survive aren’t the flashiest. They’re the ones that can execute the fundamentals when everything else breaks down. The 2025 Patriots are a good example of a […]
Before going any further, I’ll name the product I’ve been circling to and hinting at the past several posts. The system I’m building is called CoffeeBreak. It’s a human-in-the-loop AI teammate designed to assist across the entire software development lifecycle. I’ve avoided leading with the name because this problem exists whether CoffeeBreak ever ships or […]
As teams look toward a new year, a familiar cycle starts. Budgets reset. Roadmaps get drafted. Tools get evaluated. Vendors make their case for why this platform or that solution is the missing piece. Before any of that happens, there’s a more important question worth asking: What problem are we actually trying to solve? Technology […]
This year, I’ve heard a lot of concern from early-career engineers about their place in the industry alongside AI. That concern is understandable. In 2025, we’ve seen large-scale layoffs from some of the biggest names in software. Many of these companies have framed those decisions as preparation for what they expect from AI, not necessarily […]
I recently had a conversation with a peer who was genuinely worried that we’re all going to lose our jobs to AI. I get where the fear comes from. Every major shift in software has triggered the same concern. We heard it during the rise of the web, the move to cloud, and the spread […]
The goal of any software integration project is to bring together separate systems so that it becomes easier to monitor company operations. As many companies start to rely on cloud-based applications to power elements of their operations, they are ending up having hybrid systems. This is a situation where some applications are hosted locally while […]
Hiring a virtual CIO provides a smart way for smaller IT companies to benefit from the expertise of an experienced officer they otherwise can not hire. All businesses today use technology. There are dozens of configurations possible for businesses to tackle IT challenges. Getting the right one can be quite confusing. Hiring a virtual CIO […]
IT managers have a role to get the best out of their IT staff. The IT staff workforce landscape changes rapidly for several reasons. First, technology is moving so fast that IT professionals need to constantly update their skills. In addition, the competition for talent means that the attrition rate of IT staff in many […]
Chief Information Officers and other senior executives are busy racking their heads making plans for 2022. One key decision area in tech-heavy companies is technology training. Companies must set technology training priorities that influence the budgetary allocation. There is always a long list of areas where technology training is necessary, but due to resource constraints, […]
A CIO bridges the gap between a business’s goals and the technology required to get there. Businesses today are heavily reliant on technology in virtually all areas- communication, accounting, analytics, procurement management. A virtual CIO helps a business take full advantage of the technologies available for the business to operate optimally. They do this at […]
